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Genesis 34:17 — King James Version← Study notes

But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.


Genesis 34:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 34:179 words
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
לֹאlōʾNot
תִשְׁמְעוּtišəməʿûHear
אֵלֵינוּʾēlênûNear
לְהִמּוֹלləhimwōlTo cut
וְלָקַחְנוּwəlāqaḥənûAnd take
אֶתʾet
בִּתֵּנוּbitēnûDaughter
וְהָלָכְנוּwəhālāḵənûAnd walk
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
לֹאlōʾNot
תִשְׁמְעוּtišəməʿûHear
אֵלֵינוּʾēlênûNear
לְהִמּוֹלləhimwōlTo cut
וְלָקַחְנוּwəlāqaḥənûAnd take
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בִּתֵּנוּbitēnûDaughter
וְהָלָכְנוּwəhālāḵənûAnd walk

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